LP (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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abbreviation
  1. long playing; long play:
    • a vinyl phonograph record played at 33 1/3 rpm and typically containing seven or more tracks, or one or more long classical pieces.
    • a full-length music album, typically comprised of ten to twelve songs: called LP as an evolution of the traditional long-playing record, albums in other formats are not known by the underlying expanded form, and identified only by the abbreviation.
abbreviation
  1. long primer.
  2. low pressure.
noun
    • a long-playing gramophone record: usually one 12 inches (30 cm) or 10 inches (25 cm) in diameter, designed to rotate at 33 1/3 revolutions per minute
    • (as modifier)
  2. long play: a slow-recording facility on a VCR which allows twice the length of material to be recorded on a tape from that of standard play
abbreviation for
  1. (in Britain) Lord Provost
  2. low pressure
abbreviation for
  1. letterpress
LP (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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